Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday that a new Cold War between his country and the West has started.
"NATO's policy with regard to Russia has remained unfriendly and opaque. One could go as far as to say that we have slid back to a new Cold War," Medvedev said at Munich Security Conference in Germany, according to CNN.
"Almost every day we are referred to as the most terrible threat to NATO as a whole or to Europe, America and other countries specifically," the Russian premier further said, according to Russia Today. "Although actual threats that exist in our small world - and I hope, you understand that - are absolutely different."
Medvedev's new Cold War remarks came shortly after NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg criticized Russia's military aggression in Europe.
"Russia's rhetoric, posture and exercises of its nuclear forces are aimed at intimidating its neighbours, undermining trust and stability in Europe," Stoltenberg said, the Associated Press reported.
Medvedev also dismissed the allegations that Russian warplanes are bombing civilians in Syria. "There is no evidence of our bombarding civilians even though everyone is accusing us," he said.
The Russian PM also slammed western countries for imposing economic restriction on Russia. "The relations between the European Union and Russia are ruined. This road leads nowhere. Do not doubt - it's going to be bad for everyone," he said, the Kyiv Post reported.
